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Finland Kai Suikkanen

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Scoring Leaders
# Player GP G A TP
1. James Hagens 2 3 4 7
2. Cole Eiserman 2 5 1 6
3. Gavin McKenna 2 3 2 5
4. Porter Martone 2 0 5 5
5. Malcolm Spence 2 3 1 4
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Staff Facts
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Age
64
Nation
Highlights
1-time ICEHL Champion 1
1-time Liiga Champion 1
1-time Liiga Coach of the Year (Kalevi Numminen Trophy) 1

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Team Staff History
S Team League Role on Team Notes
2003-04 Kärpät U20 U20 SM-liiga Asst. Coach
2004-05 RoKi Suomi-sarja Head Coach
2005-06 RoKi Suomi-sarja Head Coach
2006-07 Hokki Mestis Head Coach
2007-08 Hokki Mestis Head Coach
2008-09 Hokki Mestis Head Coach Succeeded midseason by Timo Meriläinen
TPS SM-liiga Head Coach Replaced Hannu Virta midseason
2009-10 TPS SM-liiga Head Coach
2010-11 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl KHL Head Coach Replaced midseason by Vladimir Vujtek
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl KHL Scout
2011-12 Pelicans SM-liiga Head Coach
2012-13 Pelicans SM-liiga Head Coach
2013-14 TPS Liiga Head Coach
2014-15 TPS Liiga Head Coach Replaced midseason by Miika Elomo
2015-16 Not active as staff
2016-17 Kärpät Liiga Head Coach
2017-18 HC Bolzano EBEL Head Coach Replaced Pat Curcio on November 28th, 2017
2018-19 HC Bolzano EBEL Head Coach Replaced by Clayton Beddoes on March 11th, 2019
2019-20 Dornbirner EC EBEL Head Coach Replaced Jussi Tupamäki on October 31st, 2019
2020-21 Dornbirner EC ICEHL Head Coach
2021-22 Dornbirner EC ICEHL Head Coach
2022-23 Augsburger Panther DEL Head Coach Replaced Peter Russell on December 23th, 2022
2023-24 Kaltern/Caldaro Italy2 Head Coach

Kai Suikkanen Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1974-75 Kärpät U16 U16 SM-sarja 4* 8* 2* 10* 4* -* |
1975-76 Kärpät U20 Jr. A SM-sarja 34* 28* 7* 35* 46* -* |
1976-77 Kärpät U20 Jr. A SM-sarja 9* 7* 4* 11* 15* -* |
Kärpät I-divisioona 16* 15* 4* 19* 16* -* | Qualification 6 4 1 5 6 -
Finland U18 EJC-18 5* 3* 2* 5* 15* -* |
1977-78 Kärpät SM-liiga 35* 21* 6* 27* 19* -28* |
Finland U20 WJC-20 6* 5* 2* 7* 9* -* |
1978-79 Kärpät SM-liiga 36* 16* 6* 22* 65* -17* | Relegation 6 7 3 10 2 -
Finland U20 WJC-20 6* 1* 2* 3* 0* -* |
1979-80 Kärpät SM-liiga 36* 21* 17* 38* 18* 13* | Playoffs 6 0 3 3 6 -
1980-81 Kärpät SM-liiga 33* 20* 11* 31* 60* -3* | Playoffs 11 5 2 7 32 -
1981-82 Buffalo Sabres NHL 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* -1* |
Rochester Americans AHL 71* 34* 33* 67* 32* -* | Playoffs 9 4 2 6 4 -
1982-83 Buffalo Sabres NHL 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* 1* |
Rochester Americans AHL 66* 33* 44* 77* 65* -* | Playoffs 16 7 7 14 21 -
1983-84 Rochester Americans AHL 15* 7* 10* 17* 2* -* |
Kärpät SM-liiga 23* 9* 4* 13* 20* 4* | Playoffs 10 6 4 10 8 -
1984-85 Kärpät SM-liiga 22* 8* 6* 14* 47* 11* | Playoffs 7 2 3 5 4 2
Finland (all) International 16* 5* -* -* -* -* |
1985-86 Kärpät SM-liiga 33* 26* 10* 36* 24* 6* | Playoffs 4 0 0 0 24 -2
Finland WC 10* 0* 3* 3* 4* 3* |
1986-87 Kärpät SM-liiga 44* 24* 25* 49* 30* 28* | Playoffs 9 7 1 8 6 -
1987-88 Kärpät “C” SM-liiga 26* 17* 14* 31* 25* -3* |
Finland OG 8* 1* 0* 1* 4* 2* |
1988-89 Kärpät “C” SM-liiga 33* 13* 10* 23* 16* -31* |
1989-90 Kärpät I-divisioona 35* 17* 24* 41* 31* -* |
1990-91 TPS SM-liiga 41* 4* 3* 7* 6* -2* | Playoffs 9 1 1 2 2 1
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